VAZ+ Reviews

10/10 ULTIMATE BUY Award

Excerpt from the Computer Music review of VAZ+1.6... "Thirty quid doesn’t buy you much these days, does it? You could always get your mum another cardigan for Christmas, but where’s the fun in that? So when you’re out shopping, consider our advice: sod the cardigan and get her (and your yourself) a copy of VAZ+. It’s a virtual analogue synth with a sound that’s so big, you’re gonna need help wrapping it. The synth is based around the ARP Odyssey (classy analogue synth) and consists of two oscillators offering selectable square, saw and triangle waveforms. You can also import your own samples and feed them through the filters, envelopes and distortion effects. The sequencer is a doddle to use and provides sliders and buttons for each of the 16 steps, or notes, in a musical bar. It’s possible to accent notes, apply portamento and program sequences to control synth parameters, such as frequency cut-off. If you’ve never had a go at programming a synth before, you’ll love VAZ+. Not only is there a wide range of sounds to get you going, the synth is easy to get to grips with, yet powerful enough to generate a vast range of useable noises. The first ever product to get maximum marks and our coveted Ultimate Buy award."

91% PLATINUM Award

Excerpt from the Future Music review of VAZ+1.6... "The affordable face of soft synths, VAZ+ has got everything except a high price tag" "if you've dabbled with a hardware synth, you'll find VAZ+ easy to use. Even if you haven't, you'll still find it easy to use" "The program has lots of nice, little features which will make the analogue synthesists feel right at home" "You can play it from a MIDI keyboard with no noticeable delay at all; very impressive" "it works well and it's easy to understand and use. It also has a wealth of features hidden beneath the surface which advanced users can dive into and which beginners can ease into...you can't go wrong! Big marks for sheer value for money"

What is VAZ+

VAZ+ is the real-time software equivalent of an analogue synthesizer similar to the ARP Odyssey, Moog, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Yamaha CS-Series, Korg MS-Series, Roland Jupiter 6, SH-101 and TB-303 - to name but a few! It can be sequenced by the built-in pattern based sequencer (similar to that found on a TB-303), or by other sequencing software such as Cakewalk, Cubase etc.

What will VAZ+ do for you?

VAZ+ is fun, exciting and easy to use, and costs a fraction of the price of an analogue synthesizer. You can create those exciting analogue sounds that have been used in just about every type of music from the 80's to current modern dance music. It will allow you to use more exciting and unusual sounds, that only an analogue synthesizer can give you, adding energy and life, your music will be more unique and will stand out from the crowd.

User Feedback

"Dear Sirs,
I have just received your e-mail containing Vaz+ 1.6 within 10 minutes of ordering.
It's supply-your-own-expletive amazing!
A quick test using my AMD K6-2 350Mhz, 64Mb with Creative Labs SB Live! system promises far more than I had even begun to hope for. I used to be the proud owner of an ARP Axxe, a cut-down version of the original Odyssey at a commensurately lower price, which for years I have regretted parting with. It cost £422. Now, for just £25 download cost, I have access to just about any analogue synth. I ever dreamed of owning. It is extremely gratifying to find that analogue synths. can never die. Keep up the wonderful work. Yours faithfully, Robert Binns - an extremely satisfied customer."

"Vaz+ is the best I've heard, the analogue emulation puts my an1x and prophecy to shame" ... Eric

"I've been *totally* immersed in this program.
It's really amazing! I have bought many a synth and this blows them all away.
VAZ1.5 is no where near as good as VAZ+ 1.6 and VAZ 1.5 was great!" ...jef

"VAZ+ 1.6 is great" ...Andy T

"I'm in love with the VAZ+" ...Ariel R

"1.6 is excellent - Keep up the good work!" ...Ian L

"This new version is intense!" ...Steve M

"The new sequencer is so much better" ...Glenn T

"VAZ+ is wonderful" ...Allistair C

"The program is cool, and I'm having a blast (for very little money)" ...Eric J

VAZ+ Features

These are some of features of VAZ+

• VAZ Modular Oscillator algorithms
• Polyphony, user selectable depending on machine capability
• Patch load/save to file, 16 patches can be preloaded to memory and selected by midi program change
• Capture Sequence, will create a wave file from your sequence
• Sequencer can play patterns in order/random, has a pattern randomiser and can load/save to file
• 2 selectable midi controllers/velocity/aftertouch as mod sources, also panel controls respond to BassStation, PhatBoy and other programmable MIDI controllers
• Noise source and ringmod as input to filter
• High/Low note priority, duophonic modes and selectable retrigger for monophonic mode.
• Variable waveform LFO: variable pulse and falling saw-triangle-rising saw.
• DirectX support for low latency playback.
• Triangle waveform for Oscillator 1
• LFO 2 is an expansion of Sample & Hold, adding lag or a new triangle waveform option with delay.
• Oscillator 2 gains saw/triangle modulation for the sawtooth waveform, a multisaw waveform and sample playback which can load a 16 bit mono wave file.
• 64bit Filter algorithms
• Filter gains Osc 1 Bypass option which filters only Osc 2 and the ring modulated input signal can now be mixed with Osc 2.
• 16 pattern Sequencer.
• Arpeggiator, accessable from both synth and sequencer windows with 4 octave range and random 2 options added..
• New graphical UI.
• Selectable 11, 22, 32 ,44.1 and 48kHz sample output rate.
• Most dialog controls are live.
• Sequencer redesigned with sliders for pitch to give a more analogue feel.
• Gate time and accent level now per pattern and gang switches allow all sliders in a row to be moved together.
• Hold can now be set from menu items and Ctrl-H shortcut.
• Master Tuning added in Preferences.
• Auto Glide mode added in Preferences, which enables Portamento only when notes overlap.
• MIDI Controller mappings for all sliders in the synth and sequencer windows.

VAZ+ Screenshots

System Requirements

A Pentium system will easily manage 44kHz with note polyphony dependant on processor speed.

Download VAZ+ 1.7 Demo

No sounds created with the VAZ+ Demo may be redistributed, or used as part of a song/recording. The full version of VAZ+ does not have this license restriction.

VAZ Modular 2 has landed... take a look...